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Syrian activist and her 22-year-old daughter found murdered in Istanbul

Syrian opposition activist Orouba Barakat and her
journalist daughter were found murdered in their apartment in Istanbul
last night.

The Istanbul police department said on Friday that bodies
of 60-year-old Barakat and her 22-year-old daughter Halla were found
overnight in their apartment in Istanbul's Üsküdar district in the Asian
side of the city.

Turkish media reports said Orouba Barakat was investigating
alleged torture in prisons run by the Assad regime. It said she had
initially lived in Britain, then the United Arab Emirates before coming
to Istanbul.

"The hand of tyranny and injustice assassinated my sister
Doctor Orouba and her daughter Halla in their apartment in Istanbul,"
Orouba's sister Shaza wrote on Facebook, adding that they were stabbed
to death.

"Orouba wrote headlines in the first page and she pursued
criminals and exposed them. Her name and her daughter's name, Hala, now
made first page headlines," Shaza added.

According to Syrian opposition activists, Arouba was a member of the
Syrian National Council. She had backed the uprising against the Assad
regime but also criticized some arms of the opposition.